A clinic that is close to patients, we are Tokyo Birth Clinic.
What we mean by “to be close (yorisou)” is expressed as:
“Patients and we engage in mutual communication, and proceed step by step by the patient’s own will.”
That continues from the first prenatal visit through to the day of discharge.
Congratulations on Your Pregnancy
The first obstetrics & gynecology clinic inside the Yamanote Line that supports 24-hour painless delivery, acting with empathy toward patients and their families
Tokyo Birth Clinic was established as an obstetrics & gynecology clinic committed to fulfilling each patient’s wishes. We hold your birth plan in our hearts, share in the joy of your pregnancy, and together, face pregnancy- and childbirth-related anxieties, so that you can arrive at your delivery day with peace of mind. At the time of your discharge, we want you to say, “That was an enjoyable pregnancy and delivery.” That is what Tokyo Birth Clinic strives for.
Comprehensive Care & Services Related to Childbirth
Tokyo Birth Clinic is a maternity resort offering services from infertility testing and general infertility treatment, to management from pregnancy through childbirth and postpartum care
・Safe and comfortable delivery
・Obstetrics capable of natural birth and 24-hour painless delivery
・Support for planned painless delivery for both first-time and subsequent births
・Detailed, patient-centered medical care and services
・Support for family-centered delivery, allowing the partner and older children to be present and even stay overnight
・All hospital rooms are individual private rooms with natural light and floor heating
・Visitors are allowed 24 hours during hospitalization
・After childbirth, meals are produced by a dedicated chef to offer healing and delight
・Rich postpartum care services such as esthetic treatments, nails, beauty salon, and pelvic correction therapies
Message from the Director
Commitment in Operating Tokyo Birth Clinic
Hello, I am Soshi Ushimaru, Director of Tokyo Birth Clinic. In opening this clinic, I am determined to build it step by step into a place that is close to patients and beloved by all. I carry meaning in the words “beloved by all.” My wish is for everyone to become a fan of Tokyo Birth Clinic. By “everyone,” I mean not only patients and their families, but also staff, neighbors, local physicians, cooperating institutions, medical device and obstetrics businesses, and other partners associated with the clinic. I wholeheartedly dedicate myself to this mission in order to realize a Tokyo Birth Clinic that is “loved by all.”
Director Ushimaru’s Aspirations from Childhood
Here, I would like to share the story of my roots and my background. My father ran an obstetrics & gynecology practice in Kyushu for about 60 years. In those days, Japan’s birthrate was much higher, and my father, as a physician, I attended over 50,000 deliveries. Growing up, I heard many stories from him about obstetrics and gynecology. Because our home was in the same building as my father’s clinic, I walked through the wards everyday when I left for school. I felt a connection to life’s birth from a young age and it was a great blessing to be raised in a bright, life-affirming atmosphere. Looking up to my father as an example, I naturally aspired to become an OB/GYN.
Even so, during my medical school years, obstetrics was one of the difficult subjects, and I was interested in cardiology and nephrology. During that time, in the U.S., it was said that litigation between patients and doctors weren’t uncommon; in Japan, lawsuits against doctors were rare. My parents even advised against becoming an OB/GYN because of the nighttime calls and relatively higher risk of litigation. When clinical rotations began, the obstetrics department at my university allowed only female students to observe childbirth, so I graduated without knowing firsthand what childbirth was like. Even in that state, my childhood experiences guided me toward obstetrics and gynecology.
At my father’s clinic
At our home in the clinic
The original “Ushimaru Ladies Clinic”.
とはいっても、私が医学生の頃は、産婦人科は苦手科目の一つで、心臓を専門とする循環器内科や、血液浄化・血圧調節のメカニズムを専門とする腎臓内科に興味をもっていました。当時、アメリカでは患者さまと医師が訴訟で争うことも珍しくないと言われていましたが、日本では医師が患者さまに訴えられることはめったにない時代でした。それが、少しづつ日本でも医療訴訟という言葉を耳にするようになっていた時期で、両親も、「産婦人科は、夜中も起こされて大変であるし、急患の少ない診療科の医師になるのはどうか。産婦人科は訴訟になることも他の診療科に比べて比較的多い分野であるから、産婦人科以外の診療科を選んだらどうか」と、産婦人科医に私がなることを反対していました。医学部の6年間のうち高学年になると病院実習が始まります。私の大学の産婦人科の実習は、女子学生しかお産を見学することができなかったため、私はお産というものがどういうものであるか、全く分からないまま大学を卒業して研修医となりました。このような状況にありながら、私を産婦人科の道へ導いてくれたのは、前述の少年時代があったためであると思います。
東京バースクリニックを開院するための準備がスタート
When I considered opening a clinic in Tokyo, I remained in Tokyo rather than returning to Kyushu. On my first day as a resident, I was assigned to obstetrics. I was utterly inexperienced, and one of my first tasks was to collect a huge stack of blood-collection tubes. I asked a midwife to teach me, but she laughed it off as a joke and left. I still remember breaking into a sweat while doing rounds and collecting blood in every ward. That was how my career as a doctor began.
After two years as a resident, I joined the obstetrics department at Sanno Hospital in Tokyo, where Dr. Osamu Tsutsumi was the hospital director. Dr. Tsutsumi was a legendary academic and had served in the Imperial Household medical staff. It was a great honor to learn under him. At Sanno Hospital, I served as a specialist in infertility treatment and obstetric management, and learned that “childbirth is a drama without a script.” That concept formed the foundation of my patient-centered approach to obstetrics.
Subsequently, to prepare for opening a clinic, I joined the Maternal Fetal Intensive Care Unit (MFICU) at Saitama Medical University General Medical Center, which handles many severe obstetric cases and admits emergency transfers. This hospital is said to be one of Japan’s busiest obstetrics centers. There, the on-call rotation included handling critical incoming transfer patients, making for grueling shifts. Some nights we could not rest, and the next day we resumed regular duties. I faced hemorrhage, cardiac arrest, rare conditions, etc. I realized how essential systemic management is. In that hospital, many anesthesiologists, who specialized in obstetric anesthesia, worked closely with us. One day, a senior obstetrician said, “We OBs can manage the uterus, but we are weak in systemic management; without the anesthesiologist handling that, we couldn’t do anything.” That remark deeply impacted me and became a turning point in my path.
Intensive Training as an Anesthesiologist During University of Tokyo Years
To open a clinic, I felt I must be prepared to manage systemic crises myself. While childbirth is generally thought safe in modern medicine, obstetricians know it’s not risk-free. Pregnant women have increased blood volume, and bleeding risk is higher. Although transfusions exist, in past eras childbirth claimed many lives. In Saitama, I experienced that danger firsthand.
What do people imagine anesthesiologists do? Many think they simply induce sleep in the operating room, but they also manage pain, resuscitate critically ill patients, and handle total body management. Anesthesiologists often serve in ICUs. As specialists in pain and systemic care, they are also experts in painless childbirth. I joined the anesthesiology department at the University of Tokyo to learn systemic management. At the interview, I frankly expressed my intention to eventually return to obstetrics; initially, they refused me. But after describing my experiences and conviction, they welcomed me. In anesthesiology I oversaw not only obstetric anesthesia, but cardiac surgery, pediatric anesthesia, transplant anesthesia, and more. I also worked in ICUs and anesthesia beyond obstetrics, under many mentors.
Vision for the Future
I have lived with the belief, “You live life only once; to live that one life earnestly.” As a specialist in obstetrics and gynecology and pain/systemic management, being able to open a clinic that can provide 24-hour painless delivery is enormously gratifying and humbling. Although it’s still imperfect, I am determined to gradually build a clinic loved by all which is anchored in real achievements. I humbly ask for your continued support of Tokyo Birth Clinic.
May 7, 2025 Director Souji Ushimaru
About Appointments
Our outpatient services operate by appointment.
When visiting, if you make a reservation via our web reservation system in advance, we can smoothly guide you. Even without a reservation, same-day visits are possible. Please feel free to come.
